Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the [noun] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Whether this increase will be applied to the employer 's or to the employees ' contributions remains to be seen . |
2 | This advice is usually given in ‘ one to one ’ meetings held in IDB House or on the companies ' premises . |
3 | The argument , which was accepted by the Democrats , reasoned that as the territories ' representatives were permitted to vote in legislative committees they should , therefore , be entitled to vote in the committee of the whole . |
4 | It emerged that in the magistrates ' courts the distribution of sentences did not differ greatly between Blacks and Whites , and this was also the case in the Crown Court . |
5 | It must never be forgotten that the great majority of the English people had only a passing interest in the niceties of academic theology , and that outside the bishops ' palaces and the two universities such issues remained relatively unimportant . |
6 | There were problems expressed about the difficulties of people with disabilities and those in ill-health to have necessary adaptations made to their homes , again mainly due to financial considerations rather than on the tenants ' needs . |
7 | In cases considered since Roe , the Supreme Court has generally shown more deference to congressional restrictions than to the states ' attempts to overturn Roe , for example it ruled that public funds may not be used for abortions whether therapeutic or non-therapeutic ( Harris v. McRae 1980 ) . |
8 | They were not swayed by the Coal Board 's insistence that they could do what they wanted any more than by the unions ' claims about the threatened mines . |
9 | Phillips and Williams ( 1982d ) suggest a ‘ positive ’ approach to transfer management in the rural sector in which housing visitors ‘ scout ’ tenants and try to suggest ways in which a small ( and diminishing ) stock can be better used both in terms of persons per dwelling and of the tenants ' patterns of spatial behaviour . |
10 | The second required the establishment of boards of governors for polytechnics and other LEA-maintained colleges , and the specification of the governors ' functions vis-a-vis those of the LEAs and of the colleges ' principals . |
11 | The other residents who had legal standing were the sisters and younger brothers of the karanavan , and the children of the sisters and of the sisters ' daughters . |
12 | Men and horses were decorated with green , yellow and red silks and shields covered with gold and silverwork ; and round the horses ' necks were hung the bloodstained cloaks and trophies of the men each rider had killed . |
13 | The data about the number of audit firm partners ( defined under the audit regulations as ‘ responsible individuals ' ) was obtained from the computerised public audit register as at November 1992 and from the institutes ' lists of members . |
14 | Consequently , many of the recent developments in deep-fat fryers have resulted from the demands of these large customers and from the manufacturers ' experiences in supplying machinery designed to survive the hectic pace of the fast food industry . |
15 | In policy-making meetings in which the School Development Plan is reviewed , in ‘ staff development ’ meetings at which ‘ student participation ’ is debated , and in the governors ' meetings , the interests of students are represented by others . |
16 | According to Angela John 's history of the struggle , By The Sweat of Their Brow ( Croom Helm , 1980 ) opposition to the women 's work focused on control over their sexuality and motherhood and on the employers ' attitudes — some supported the women because they were cheap labour . |
17 | A success both in front of the box and on the critics ' pages CHANCER created a vogue out of a rogue — the identity of Stephen Crane ( Clive Owen 's role ) catching the attention of the country and reflecting the social changes in the early 90's as the enterprise culture began to take a tumble . |
18 | The BJP fired up the population by playing on political rifts in the Congress Party and on the Hindus ' problems with the caste system and love of religion . |
19 | Others in Vitebsk suspected that gold seized would not go to the Volga famine relief but into the Bolsheviks ' pockets or their mouths in the shape of much-fancied gold teeth . |
20 | It was announced in Bucharest on Sept. 30 that a US$300,000,000 World Bank loan to Romania had been postponed because of the miners ' riots . |
21 | As for the investors ' representatives , businessman John Dyer and his committee at BCIG and Antony Gold and David Pine at Alexander Tatham yesterday represented almost the end of a daily nightmare . |
22 | It is essential for departments to pull together , talk to each other and be in no doubt as to the others ' requirements . |
23 | This could provide a clue as to the bombers ' whereabouts between 16 September and the bombing , which killed 10 bandsmen . |